LONDON — In a development few people thought they would ever see, U.K. police have arrested a former senior royal figure on suspicion of misconduct in public office — a dramatic escalation that follows weeks of renewed scrutiny tied to newly surfaced Epstein files.
Authorities confirmed they arrested a man in his 60s as part of a formal investigation and carried out searches at addresses linked to the case in Berkshire and Norfolk. Under U.K. practice, police typically do not name suspects at the arrest stage, but multiple major outlets reported the individual is Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly known as Prince Andrew.